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Friday, February 17, 2012

Toni's Review of His Dark Bond by Anne Marsh ***3.5 Stars***

He Hungers For Her Body. . .

Zer is no angel--well, not anymore. He's explored every flavor of sin imaginable, drinking in the pleasures of humanity. But now he must find the woman who carries his salvation in her very blood. . .a woman like Nessa St. James.

And Her Soul

Nessa has considered the bargain the Fallen offer. Anything she wants in exchange for accepting Zer's bond? No way. Not her. Not when she finds out about the mind-blowing ritual involved, and the marks of surrender that will ink her skin. But with a serial killer to stop and centuries of experience on his side, this is one job Zer's going to nail.

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I knew dark angels were
bad, but I had no idea!

Zer is the leader of the
Fallen and he will redeem his fellow angels, no matter what he needs to
do. Finally, things are looking up for
the Fallen and he is determined to ensure that he and his brethren will be back
where they belong, in heaven. One human
woman is not going to get in his way. He
is bigger and stronger and she will do what he says.

Nessa St. James is a
brilliant woman who has no idea what she is in store for. All she wants to do is continue her research
on the mysterious thirtieth tribe, but that has now been taken away from
her. Suddenly her world is filled with
danger, death and angels. She is being forced
into a world she has no desire to be part of and Zer will regret the day he
kidnapped her.

Time is running out for
the Fallen. They are weakening and they
need their soul mates to earn their wings back.
For centuries they have searched for these women, but as time progressed
and no soul mates were found, the Fallen started to believe that this option
for redemption was a lie concocted by the archangel Michael. Now that a soul mate has been discovered, it
is a race to find other women that can save the Fallen. Nessa very well may hold the key to their salvation. Too bad she has no desire to become involved.

Anne Marsh’s take on
fallen angels is just wonderful. She has
taken an old tale and put a whole new spin on things. The Fallen were wrongly accused and cased
out. Now they are living life to the
fullest, waiting for the right time to seek their revenge; if time and madness
don’t take them down first.

Let me just say, even
though His Dark Bond is about angels,
there are no religious connotations. I’m
not sure how Ms. Marsh does it, but she does.
The Fallen are bad boys to the core, but she has an ability to make them
loveable, ok that might just be pushing it a bit, likeable.

At first glance, these men
are pure evil. They have turned their
corner of Russia into their own and they rule with an iron fist. Guns, murder, and lust are all theirs and
they own it. It’s not until you are
allowed into their secret world that you can comprehend their reasons and see
that things are not always as they appear.
But make no mistake, they don’t care what you think of them and they
will do anything to get their wings back.

Zer feels he is not worthy
of redemption and will sacrifice Nessa to one of his brothers. No matter how he feels about her. Nessa will not go down without a fight and
Zer has misinterpreted the wrong woman. Their
power play was fun to read. I was completely
drawn into this fascinating corner of Russia.

Ms. Marsh has filled this
novel with amazing action sequences and steamy sexual tension. Even though I found some faults with the probability
at the end, I enjoyed the book as a whole.
She has written a wonder new universe and I can’t wait to see what is
next for these delightfully evil angels.